From Dust vs Zero-K

From Dust

Description: From Dust is an award-winning 2011 video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The player acts as a godlike entity that manipulates substances like lava, soil, water and vegetation to help a tribe of villagers survive and settle in new lands.

Type: software

Zero-K

Description: Zero-K is an open source real-time strategy game with a sci-fi theme, focused on large-scale tactical battles using a wide variety of units like tanks, aircraft, ships, amphibious units, and more. It has a dedicated multiplayer community and active modding and mapping scenes.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

From Dust Features

• Sandbox-style god game
• Control elements like lava, soil, vegetation
• Shape terrain to help tribe survive
• Dynamic weather system
• Day-night cycle
• Procedural generation of levels

Zero-K Features

• Real-time strategy gameplay
• Sci-fi themed units like tanks, aircraft, ships, etc.
• Large-scale tactical battles
• Dedicated multiplayer community
• Active modding and mapping community

From Dust

• Not listed

Zero-K

• Open Source